MUSCAT, APRIL 11
Marking another milestone in the development of Oman’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen (GH2) project, China’s leading global solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has announced that it was secured an exclusive contract for the supply of solar PV systems for a green ammonia venture promoted by India’s ACME Group and currently under construction in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD).
Per the agreement, Shanghai-headquartered JinkoSolar will provide N-type TOPCon modules for the 487.5MW photovoltaic hydrogen production project backed by ACME’s wholly-owned Omani subsidiary Green Hydrogen and Chemicals Company SAOC (GHC).
“This marks JinkoSolar’s first large-scale photovoltaic hydrogen project in Oman and highlights its N-type TOPCon technology, which offers higher power generation per watt, superior all-day performance and greater overall energy yield. These advantages, combined with breakthroughs in levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), set a new benchmark for green hydrogen cost-effectiveness globally,” the Chinese solar equipment manufacturing powerhouse said in a press statement.
Although the ACME green ammonia project is not among the eight contract awards signed so far by Hydrom — the master planner and orchestrator of Oman’s GH2 industry — following two rounds of land block auctions, it is slated to be the first off the starting blocks in the production of green hydrogen in the Sultanate of Oman. Phase 1 of the project targets the production of 100,000 tonnes of green ammonia annually, with plans to scale up output to 1.2 million tonnes per year in subsequent phases.
Significantly, the JinkoSolar deal is the latest in a series of contracts inked by ACME for the supply of hardware for its Oman project. Last December, Shuangliang Hydrogen, a subsidiary of Chinese integrated energy systems conglomerate Shuangliang Group (SLG), announced that it had secured a contract to supply green hydrogen production equipment for the Duqm project.
JinkoSolar says its N-type TOPCon modules are ideally suited for the harsh climatic conditions of Al Wusta Governorate where the green ammonia project is currently under development.
“(The modules offer) features such as low degradation rates, low temperature coefficients, high bifacial ratio, UV resistance, wind load resistance, hail resistance, sand protection, and high reliability design ensure optimal performance in high irradiation, extreme temperatures, large diurnal temperature variations, and sandstorms. In desert environments with high reflectivity, the modules’ 85% bifacial ratio significantly enhances rear-side power conversion efficiency, delivering an additional 3%-5% energy yield compared to conventional bifacial modules,” the manufacturer stated.
Publicly-traded JinkoSolar, which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, is billed as the world’s first company to establish a "vertically integrated" production capacity from silicon material processing to wafer, cell and module production in the industry. The group oversees a network of 14 global production bases in China, United States, Malaysia and Vietnam.
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